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Population Dynamics: More People! More food?
“Introduction to the theme”
Seminar Study Circle for Development Issues, 12-12-2018
Prof. dr. Hilde Bras, Global Comparative Demography, Wageningen University
Comparative Global
Demography
Enormous growth of the world population...
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Developing societies
● Urbanization: migration and natural increase ● Young populations; demographic dividend
Developed societies
● Shrinking populations and ageing ● Increasing diversity in household structures
Globally
● Climate change, declining biodiversity, environmental degradation, food insecurity, shifting labor & consumer markets
... and immense demographic changes
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What are the causes and consequences?
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• Lia Hemerik, “Population dynamics in a nutshell”
• Akin Akinyoade, “Population, health and development in West-Africa”
What are possible solutions?
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• Tom Schut, “Actual versus potential crop
production: How to close the yield gap in sub-
Saharan Africa?”
Thank you for your
attention!
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